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Talks held to provide safe passage for evacuating foreigners, sending aid to Gaza via Egypt
The mediation talks were led by Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, and have had support from Saudi Arabia and the US, a Palestinian source told Xinhua news agency on Wednesday.
Zelensky asks for more aid to Ukraine as world's attention turns to Israel
"We spoke about priorities for Ukraine, for defending how to survive during this next winter," Zelensky told reporters on Wednesday before attending a meeting with NATO defence ministers, Xinhua news agency reported.
Indian woman becomes British High Commissioner for a day
The annual ‘High Commissioner for a Day’ competition provides an opportunity to Indian women, aged 18 to 23, to share their strengths with the world.
Biden hasn't seen photos of decapitated children: WH official
While addressing a roundtable of Jewish community leaders on Wednesday afternoon, the President had said: “It matters that Americans see what's happening -- I mean, I have been doing this a long time, I never really thought that I would see, have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children.”
US State Dept exploring alternative options for citizens wanting to leave Israel
"The State Department has teams communicating 24/7 with US citizens and providing them assistance through phone calls, an online form and the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program," CNN quoted a Department spokesperson as saying late Wednesday.
Blinken to meet Palestinian President in Jordan on Friday: Officials
Hussein Al-Sheikh, secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO, confirmed the meeting in a post on X, in which he also said that Abbas will meet Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman on Thursday.
Israel's war-time cabinet vows to 'smash' Hamas
It was the first statement by the new emergency unity government, which was formed on Wednesday as Benny Gantz, an opposition leader and former defence minister of Israel, joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government, Xinhua news agency reported.
Gaza death toll nears 1,200, number of displaced soars to 338,934
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that at least 51 people were killed and 281 others injured in the airstrikes in the past 24 hours, CNN reported.
Cheap Hamas drones made Israel's border wall 'useless'
A leading media outlet spoke to senior Israeli security officials about the preliminary conclusions that their agencies made about last Saturday's incursion of Hamas fighters into Israel.
US Republicans pick Scalise for Speaker, but not a done deal
Scalise has been a member of the Republican leadership team, was the House Majority Leader under McCarthy’s speakership.
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